Why Are The Bengals So Reluctant To Replace Coaches?

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(10-01-2023, 10:17 PM)GodFather Wrote: This team is a mess. It's the biggest disappointment I can think of as a Bengal fan heading into the season with huge expectations. We haven't scored a TD yet in the first half through 4 games and the odds of going to the playoffs at 1-3 WITH an injured Burrow? Next to nil..

We could make a book out of the things wrong. Play calling, preparation for a game knowing your putting a QB with zero mobility on the field and defenses ready to blitz him every chance they get and on and on..

But one of the many glaring issues is the coaching for the offensive line. Frank Pollack has been here years and this OL never looked good in any iteration he has coached. Why is he still here? We pickup Brown this offseason, move Williams to the right side and on paper have a solid OL. Not the best but certainly not what we've experienced this first quarter of the season. And yet...he is still here.. the man who wants glass eaters and instead has produced a bunch of ass eaters.

Why isn't something being done about this? Taylors play calling is atrocious and blaming Burrows injury on that is a cop out. Adjust this isn't a new injury. These dinks are a joke and a Pee Wee football team could adjust to the plays called by Zac and company. I won't even get into Zac because he's not going anywhere. Hell Marvin didn't win a playoff game and was here years past his welcome.

So, I'll focus on Pollack, why wont the Bengals see the big issue here and make the change now? It can't get worse.

Why?

A couple reasons:
1) Mike Brown almost assuredly sees these coaches as the ones who got the team to a Super Bowl and two AFC Championship Games, so he believes in them.
2) Mike Brown is almost notorious for giving coaches too many chances to turn things around before moving on because he wants to give them opportunity to turn things around and knows that can sometimes take time.

One example where waiting has paid off - Anarumo's defense was garbage his first two years. It took until Year 3 to get personnel who could run it properly.


An example of where it's really not paying off? Frank Pollack.
The OL continues to underwhelm no matter how many new faces he puts out there.

With all that said, I'm not sure how much of a difference it could make replacing a position coach like Pollack midway through the year.
They'd have to have some plan to backfill immediately, and I'm not sure if there's someone equipped to take that over where it doesn't get worse this year.
And with a hobbled Burrow, you definitely don't want the OL to regress this year from where it already is.